People

People

Our Team

To truly create lasting impact, you need to apply the right minds to each business problem. We bring the right minds, not a crowd, and share our knowledge to deliver pragmatic solutions that build lasting impact, long after we’re gone.

With a wealth of experience and global knowledge, we design solutions that help you rethink the future. The Churchill team are carefully selected to bring the right mix of insights and specialist experience, without speaking in confusing acronyms and superlatives.

Leadership Team

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David Prendiville

Partner

David is one of our founding Directors. David is known as one of WA’s foremost advisers in business transformation, corporate strategy and performance.

David Prendiville
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Todd Mairs

Partner

Todd is a founding Director of Churchill. Todd’s extensive experience across Europe, Asia and America have earned him a reputation as a leading advisor in strategic planning and customer management.

Todd Mairs
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David Lynch

Partner

David is our resident expert on performance improvement. David has broad international experience, specialising in operating model transformation, business improvement and the use of technology as the catalyst for change.

David Lynch
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Matthew Fahey

Partner

Matt heads up our digital transformation strategy and delivery work. Matt has led technology and transformation engagements from strategy definition, technology evaluation and selection to post-implementation review

Matthew Fahey
Ian Rackich

Ian Rakich

Associate Director

With a focus on Utilities and Government clients, Ian brings more than 30 years experience in delivering enhanced business performance through business transformation and improvement projects across Australia, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Ian Rakich
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Patrick McKenna

Principal Consultant

Patrick’s uses a unique background in industry, operational transformation, and technology implementation to drive value realisation from complex, end-to-end value chains for organisations in the mining, energy, and manufacturing industries.

Patrick McKenna
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Lincoln Elliot

Principal Consultant

Linc is helping our clients develop the strategies, structures and systems needed to deliver a superior customer experience. He believes a customer centred culture is at the heart of every truly great business.

Lincoln Elliot
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Nathan Carbone

Principal Consultant

Nathan specialises in digital strategy and transformation with key strengths in strategy development, process digitisation and data insights. Nathan has a proven track record in delivering bottom line impact.

Nathan Carbone
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Stuart Hestelow

Principal Consultant

Stuart has developed significant skills in joining the dots in a rapidly evolving technology landscape, bringing an extensive track record advising large scale complex organisations from strategy to execution on business and digital transformation programs.

Stuart Hestelow
Jessica Seares

Jessica Seares

Principal Consultant

Jessica specialises in defining and delivering large, complex strategy and business improvement programs. With 20 years’ experience in government, utilities and business, in Australia and the UK, Jessica works with clients to activate teams, co-design solutions and deliver impactful change. 

Jessica Seares
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Brendan Lannoye

Principal Consultant

Brendan has experience advising leading organisations across Australia and Europe. He leads our Intelligent Automation offering as well as advising clients on operating model, performance improvement, strategy, and supports project and change management deliveries.

Brendan Lannoye

Our Team

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Aaron Ryder

Senior Manager

Aaron specialises in helping clients to think differently in developing growth, innovation, and sustainability strategies. Over the past decade, Aaron has worked with businesses to deliver new opportunities and implementation plans.

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Bailey Banfield

Junior Consultant

Bailey is currently working part-time at Churchill around his professional AFL commitments for the Fremantle Dockers to gain experience in the industry. He is in his fifth year as an AFL player, and is focused on bringing that experience from the high-performance arena to assist clients to get the most out of themselves and their teams.

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Ben Smith

Senior Manager

Ben is a driven procurement and supply consultant. He has experience in advising and supporting clients from multiple sectors in spend analytics, strategic sourcing, category management, contract performance and procurement operating model design.

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Carl Robson

Senior Manager

Carl is an experienced digital transformation leader, with expertise in technology strategy development through to large-scale technology transformation. Carl has international experience in both the professional services and financial services industries, leading teams to deliver for both local and international organisations.

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Christopher Burhan

Data Analyst

Christopher has a wide-ranging data backed experience from data analysis to algorithm development in several industries, including finance and automotive. With his experience in data modelling and analytics, he brings a different lens to articulate meaningful story in the form of data visualisation.

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Claire Gillam

Receptionist & Administration Assistant

Claire works under the executive team to help manage Churchill personnel and provides executive support across various parts of the business.

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David French

Senior Manager

David is a technology leader with extensive international experience. With expertise ranging from strategy development through to multi-year transformational programs, David has led technology delivery teams for both international and local organisations.

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Dino Valentini

Senior Manager

Dino is an experienced technology leader specialising in project management office set-up, and strategy to execution optimisation.

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Francois Dupeyroux

Senior Manager

François has a robust track record in developing technology-enabled transformation strategy, operating models, and continuous improvement programs. He has advised […]

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Jane Lee

Senior Consultant

Jane has extensive experience in change management, process improvement and project delivery having worked across a range of sectors including Mining, Oil & Gas and Financial Services. Jane enjoys working with businesses to facilitate change across complex engagements having spent a majority of her career on technology transformation projects.

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Jess Baldock

Senior Consultant

Jess has experience in performance improvement, change management and project delivery. As a Chartered Accountant with a background in audit, Jess has extensive knowledge in accounting, financial analysis, and quality assurance.

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Joanna Yong

Consultant

Joanna is driven by challenges and enjoys tackling complex problems, she has experience in leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits. She has proficiency in financial statement analysis and project delivery, with experience across a range of industries including Mining, Technology and Financial Services.

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Katelyn Prendiville

Sustainability Consultant

Katelyn is passionate about empowering businesses to lead the way in the transition to a more sustainable, future-fit society. With a background in marketing and communications in a variety of sectors, Katelyn brings a fresh approach to delivering authentic, best-in-class sustainability projects.

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Kelsey Lang

Consultant

Kelsey has experience in enterprise risk and has assisted in internal audits within various industries. Prior to this, Kelsey spent three years in financial services, where she was a key contact for wealth management clients, she thrives in a team environment and is constantly looking to think critically when solving problems.

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Leon Roberts

Manager

Leon specialises in Enterprise Technology based business transformation, having worked with global, multi-disciplinary teams on large-scale technology strategy and implementation projects from solution evaluation, architecture and design, through to build, test and go-live.

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Mac Hanlin

Senior Consultant

Mac has experience in data analytics and visualisation and specialises in finding value for clients from numerous different types of data.

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Mary Colangelo

Senior Consultant

Mary has strong knowledge in technology risk advisory, internal audits and enterprise risk management having worked across a range of industries including Government, Oil and Gas, manufacturing, mining and consumer sectors. She has experience in technology transformation projects and the design and implementation of corporate operating models.

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Melanie Marai

Finance and Administration Manager

Melanie has extensive experience in Public Practice and administrative functions. Melanie also brings with her experience from her previous management role within a UK based company.

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Oliver Tjeuw

Manager

Oliver has experience in strategy, performance improvement and change and project management delivery. Oliver has deep knowledge in financial analysis and audits, stemming from his previous roles and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

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Peter Dawson

Consultant

Peter Dawson Churchill Consultant has experience with financial statement analysis and project management.

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Pratish Nichha

Consultant

Pratish is an experienced Supply Chain professional with a Warehousing and Logistics focus. He has previous experience in supporting, designing and delivering analytics, process improvement and system solutions for clients within the Telecommunications, FMCG, Logistics and Financial Services sectors.

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Quenton Cornell

Consultant

Quenton has experience dealing with Enterprise Resourcing Planning software implementations for a range of organisations spanning higher education, retail and not for profit. Quenton brings experience from working around Australia with various small to large size organisations to improve their processes and deliver value through technological transformations.

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Rebecca Davies

Senior Consultant

Rebecca’s experience spans multiple areas such as strategic planning, customer centric strategy operating model reviews and process improvement projects across a variety of industries. Rebecca also has strong change management experience across business transformation programs.

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Rodney Nelson

Senior Manager

Rod is our resident expert on designing and implementing safety solutions. His professional services consulting knowledge is intermixed with deep industry experience in capital projects management, as well as production and maintenance operations.

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Ronnie Walker

Senior Manager

Ronnie is a Digital Transformation Consultant and Programme & Project Manager specialising in delivering Enterprise Applications to small, medium and large-scale clients. He has over 20 years Management Consulting experience and deep international experience in business transformation with a focus on digital core. Ronnie has a background in Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures in ERP at both the buyer and seller side.

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Samuel Richard

Consultant

Sam is a proven problem solver; adept at drawing actionable insights from data and presenting that information clearly. As a Chartered Accountant, with a background in audit and forensic accounting, Sam has a strong foundation in financial analysis and process improvement.

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Vinny Gill

Data Analyst

Vinny is passionate about leveraging data science and AI to build the next-generation decision intelligence and create value for clients from data.